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Admissions

Admission for typically developing children

For admission to the preschool, please complete and submit the Three Little Ships application form.

We are still taking applications for the academic year 2018-2019.

Once we have received your application form, your child’s name will be added to our waiting list. Currently all places for the academic year 2018-2019 are full but places may become available during the year. We will contact you as soon as a place becomes available.

We are also taking applications for the school year 2019-2020. If you apply now, you will be contacted in February 2019 with information as to whether your child will be offered a preschool place for August 2019. If your child is offered a place for August 2019, then you and your child will be invited to attend an open afternoon in the spring to visit the preschool, meet classmates and the preschool staff.

Your child’s place is only confirmed when the following conditions have been met:

An application has been fully completed and submitted to the Director

A contract has been signed by the Director and the parents and returned to the school office

The first installment of preschool fees has been made.

Cancellation of the school place once the contract has been signed is subject to the preschool’s withdrawal procedure.

An application can be made to join the Three Little Ships preschool from your child’s first birthday for future years.

Please note that admission to the Three Little Ships Preschool does not give your child admission to an HSV International School. If you wish to enrol your child into the International Department, click here

Admission for children with additional needs

The Lighthouse Early Intervention program is based in the inclusive preschool Three Little Ships and provides placements for children with developmental delays or other special needs that may affect their further development. Priority is given to children who, at the start of the academic year, are 3 years old before the 1st October in that year. In some very exceptional situations, a child may be considered for entry to the Early Intervention program before their third birthday.

Occasionally, children who are 4 years old join the preschool for one year, enabling them to gain more experience of a school setting before they transfer to supported mainstream education. Children who are four years old at the start of the academic year will be formally registered as students of the Lighthouse Special Education school, even though they attend the preschool.

Entrance Criteria

Admission requirements stipulate that four-year-old children admitted to Lighthouse Special Education must be:

either of non-Dutch nationality with parents working temporarily in the Netherlands ;

of Dutch nationality, returning to the Netherlands having already received international education in English for at least two years and need to continue their education in English;

or of Dutch nationality, expecting to leave the country within two years, and that the child will attend an international or English speaking establishment in their new country of residence.

For the Early Intervention program, please complete and submit the Three Little Ships application form together with a copy of the child’s passport and recent professional reports. Please provide as much detail as possible and include copies of assessments from the last two years, including reports by psychologists, physiotherapists, speech and language therapists and other professionals. These reports should be translated into English. Proof of eligibility in the form of a letter from the employer or copy of the temporary contract are also required to complete a child’s application, if your child will be four years old at the start of the academic year for which you are applying.

Meeting

Once the application form has been received, the Director will contact you for a meeting to discuss the application. Following the meeting, and after discussion with the Learning Support Co-ordinator, a decision will be made as to whether the Early Intervention preschool programme is a viable option for your child. Sometimes it is necessary for the Lighthouse school staff to speak to your child’s current school or therapists before making a final decision. You will be asked to sign a form agreeing to the exchange of information with other professionals and schools before contact is made. Additional assessments may also be required before admittance to the programme is agreed and these may be completed by Lighthouse Assessment Team. The fees for assessment are listed on the Lighthouse Special Education site and may also be accessed by clicking here